Security GRC Lead - Engineering-Focused Assurance

Salesforce, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a technically strong Security Governance professional to bridge security, compliance, and engineering across enterprise systems.

You will partner with Engineering, Legal, Product Security and other stakeholders to translate regulatory requirements into actionable controls. As the Assurance technical voice, you will develop governance programs, perform second-line oversight, and scale controls across cloud environments, applications and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency required. We're unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
• 2-3 years of relevant experience or technical background in security engineering, cloud security, product security, IAM, platform engineering, or IT governance.
• Ability to understand complex systems, architectures, APIs, infrastructure, cloud environments, and software development processes.
• Experience translating security, risk, regulatory, or compliance requirements into technical implementation requirements.
• Strong understanding of security controls and frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, SOC, SOX, FedRAMP, or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with emerging technology and regulatory areas such as AI security, AI governance, privacy, and evolving global technology regulations.
• Ability to work effectively with Engineering while also partnering with Legal, Compliance, Security, Risk, and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical implementation details to governance teams and translate governance expectations into language Engineering teams can act on.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to evaluate requirements and provide constructive input based on practical constraints.
• Experience with independent control testing, assurance or audit practices, incident or root-cause analysis, or M&A due diligence is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support Assurance and Engineering Alignment - Support technical liaison activities between Assurance, Engineering, Product Security, PCLs, and Legal, ensuring governance requirements are clearly understood and actionable.
• Evaluate Control Implementation - Work directly with Engineering teams to understand how security and compliance controls are implemented within applications, platforms, infrastructure, cloud environments, and engineering workflows.
• Create the Engineering Feedback Loop - Assess what is working, what is creating unnecessary friction, and where controls or requirements are unclear or difficult to operationalize. Feed those insights back into control design, standards, and governance processes.
• Make Requirements Engineer-Usable - Translate regulatory, compliance, and security expectations into clear, actionable technical requirements that Engineering teams can consistently implement and validate.
• Develop Second-Line Oversight - Execute second-line oversight protocols that independently monitor, audit, and validate that all security controls are operational across engineering teams in Salesforce (e.g., attestations, CRE checks).
• Understand Systems End-to-End - Develop a deep understanding of key platforms, architectures, engineering processes, security capabilities, and control implementations to help Assurance make better risk and compliance decisions.
• Assess Risk in M&A - Assess control and risk exposure during M&A. Design the assessment to price risk, evaluate compatibility, and deliver an executable activation plan tied back to the risk model.
• Partner on Emerging Security Requirements - Collaborate with Product Security, Legal, PCEs, Market Enablement, and other teams to understand emerging requirements and determine how they should translate into future security controls and engineering expectations.
• Track the Direction of Compliance Frameworks - Monitor where regulatory and compliance expectations are heading, including AI governance, the EU AI Act, evolving international requirements, and market-specific regulatory expectations. Proactively identify implications for the organization.
• Support Enablement and Change Management - Contribute to change management efforts, documentation, and training to help engineering teams understand and comply with relevant policies and standards.
• Support Control Incident Response - Participate in control incident reviews and postmortems, assisting with root-cause analysis and tracking remediation efforts for control failures.
• Contribute to Control Refinement - Collaborate with control owners to provide feedback on control effectiveness and suggest updates based on operational findings and engineering feedback.
• Engage Security Champions - Work alongside security and control champions across Engineering to gather feedback, distribute guidance, and support governance adoption.
• Support Leadership Reporting - Help track and report metrics on control coverage, compliance trends, and risk items to support management reporting.
• Represent Assurance Requirements - Serve as a point of contact for Assurance in engineering and operational discussions, helping integrate compliance considerations early in development cycles.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

Product security

IAM

IT governance

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a technically strong Security Governance professional to bridge security, compliance, and engineering across enterprise systems.

You will partner with Engineering, Legal, Product Security and other stakeholders to translate regulatory requirements into actionable controls. As the Assurance technical voice, you will develop governance programs, perform second-line oversight, and scale controls across cloud environments, applications and infrastructure.